Atmospheric games on Steam
Steam tag · 44,767 games · 6,688 released in the last 12 months · median 83% positive across 17,708 games with 10+ reviews · 56,245,728 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
24% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (6,688 games), 23% the 12 before (4,558). By year: 2014: 19%, 2015: 16%, 2016: 14%, 2017: 12%, 2018: 12%, 2019: 13%, 2020: 18%, 2021: 23%, 2022: 23%, 2023: 22%, 2024: 23%, 2025: 23%, 2026: 24%.
Most reviewed Atmospheric games
- Terraria · 2011
- Cyberpunk 2077 · 2020
- Black Myth: Wukong · 2024
- Red Dead Redemption 2 · 2019
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered · 2015
- ELDEN RING · 2022
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 · 2012
- Dead by Daylight · 2016
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- ARC Raiders · 2025
- Subnautica 2 · 2026
- Where Winds Meet · 2025
- Forza Horizon 6 · 2026
- Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition · 2026
- Big Walk · 2026
- 007 First Light · 2026
- Tiny Bunny · 2025
Often paired with
Adventure, 3D, Exploration, First-Person, Story Rich, Puzzle, Horror, Dark, Mystery, Stylized